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A Short Biography of Lillian Carter

Author Name:

Lillian Carter

Born As:

Bessie Lillian Gordy

Other Names:

Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter

Born:

15 Aug 1898

Died:

30 Oct 1983




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Mother Mary Ida Nicholson
Father James Jackson Gordy
Husband James Earl Carter, four children -  Jimmy Carter being the eldest child born in 1924 Gloria, 1926-1990, Ruth, 1929-1983 and Billy, 1937-1988.                          
                          
Lillian would not allow blacks to enter her home through the back-door which was common practice at the time. Instead, she made them enter through the front and would often have them in her living room for casual conversation just as she would a white neighbor.